Atlanta Zoo

So, this was my motivation behind wanting to go to Atlanta. I love Panda Bears!! Atlanta had just put baby Po on display, and I desperately wanted to see him. We lucked out, and he was out with his mom for the entire morning. I could have pulled up a chair and just watched that sweet little baby all day long. Unfortunately though, there were other animals to see. We had a great day touring the Atlanta Zoo. As we headed home we decided to stop at the original Chick-fil-a in Atlanta. It is called the Dwarf House. We all entered through the little dwarf door. We decided to sit on the side where they serve you at your table. We had the most delightful waitress was has worked there for 15 years. We heard all kinds of neat stories, and she pampered the kids with stuffed animals, ice cream, and cookies! Then after all that sugar out spring break trip was over. On the way home I think we all agreed that we had way more fun than we would have had at the beach. I thought about how thankful I was that my kids truly appreciated their educational spring break.

Georgia Aquarium

We gave the kids two options for spring break. One option was 3 days at a beach resort. The resort had three indoor swimming pools, then of course the fun of the beach. The second option was 2 days in Atlanta, one at the zoo, and one at the aquarium. They all cast their ballots, and we were in shock when they choose the Atlanta trip. Noelle led the charge with the votes because she would get to see penguins. Everyone else had fun too! LeeLee loved the touch pools. She and Hunter were the adventurous ones, they could have stayed in with the sting rays forever. Hope loved this albino alligator. She has so much fun seeing all of these animals in real life. I think I had the best time watching her face. Hunter loved the frog section. They had some amazingly colorful poisonous dart frogs. He loved searching for each and every one of them. I would love to go again some day. It was such a neat experience there. After we finished up we went to our hotel and swam for a few hours then headed for a quick trip to the American Girl Doll Store then dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.

She has the Bieber Fever

For all those that know me well, you will know that I am never up on singers, actors, or actresses. I just really don't care who they are. I have been like that most of my life. I don't really remember having childhood crushes on famous movie stars. The first to catch my eye was Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing. If I remember correctly, I was in high school when I thought he was so handsome. So, how on earth did I end up with a child who has an obsession at the age of 5? LeeLee has had the Beiber fever for almost a year now. Noelle brought home the scholastic book fair flyer, and on it was the above poster of JB. LeeLee saw it and came to me and said, "Mom, I will do anything for $4.50." I laughed and gave her some chores to do, so she earned her money. I tried to give the money to Noelle to buy the poster for LeeLee, but she said she wasn't going to be caught dead with a JB poster. So we had to wait until I could get up to the school to buy it. Luckily, there was one poster left when we made it to the book fair. LeeLee was so excited. We all got a good laugh though because she was so elated and Hope looked at the poster and said, "So that is Justin Bieber?" Then I confirmed that it was, and Hope said, "Ewww, he's gross!" It didn't deter LeeLee though. She came home and hung the poster above her bed on the ceiling. I think I'm in for a long rode with this child. I pray everyday for her, and I can only hope that the Lord will answer those prayers!